The hydrogen budget of the stratosphere inferred from ATMOS measurements of H2O and CH4

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 17, 1996, Pages 2405-2408

  Abbas, M M ^a   Gunson, M R ^b   Newchurch, M J ^c   Michelsen, H A ^d   Salawitch, R J ^b   Allen, M ^e   Abrams, M C ^f   Chang, A Y ^b   Goldman, A ^g   Irion, F W ^e   Moyer, E J ^e   Nagaraju, R ^c   Rinsland, C P ^f   Stiller, G P ^h   Zander, R ⁱ  

^a NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^h KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; CALCULATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METHANE; MOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY; OXIDATION; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; WATER;

ATMOSPHERIC TRACE MOLECULE SPECTROSCOPY; SICKLE SHAPED VERTICAL PROFILE; STRATOSPHERE; TWO DIMENSIONAL MODELS; VERTICAL MIXING RATIO;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY;

ATMOS; HYDROGEN BUDGET; METHANE; STRATOSPHERE; WATER VAPOUR;

EID: 0030207120     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL01320     Document Type: Article

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